çol

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Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A Turkic borrowing; compare Turkish çöl, Azerbaijani çöl. Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *čöl (steppe, desert).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Central Kurdish چۆڵ (çoll)
Southern Kurdish چووڵ (çûll)
Laki چووڵ (çûll)

çol f

  1. desert, wilderness, prairie, steppe
  2. pasture
  3. mountain

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “çol”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 116